permitted
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Previously only Class B and Class D taxis - mostly London-style black cabs and wheelchair-accessible vehicles - were permitted to use the bus lanes.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
GFL Chief Executive Patrick Dovigi said the Secure deal adds a complementary set of permitted processing and disposal facilities, strengthening the company’s Western Canada presence and broadening the waste-management services it can offer customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Under long‑standing arrangements, Jews may visit the compound -- which they revere as the site of the first and second Jewish temples -- but they are not permitted to pray there.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are permitted to strike “peremptorily” jurors they don’t like—that is, people they believe will not respond favorably to the evidence or witnesses they intend to present at trial.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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